by Pablo | Jun 21, 2009 | Art Texts, Blogt
Somewhere between the The Radicant by Nicolas Bourriaud (page 16 here quoted) and Stealing the Mona Lisa by Darian Leader and his take on the public reaction to it being missing, I have confirmed my fears about the passive spectators of a museum gallery, they deface...
by Pablo | Jun 8, 2009 | Art Texts, Blogt
par Christina Vatsella Le projet Defacing de Pablo Gonzalez-Trejo oscille entre la peinture et l’œuvre performative. Le projet se déroule en deux étapes distinctes. Dans un premier temps, l’artiste crée des portraits des gens qui ont marqué l’histoire, comme Che...
by Pablo | Jun 8, 2009 | Art Texts, Blogt
por Cecília Rezende El proyecto Defacing (desfigurar/deformar), del artista cubano Pablo González-Trejo, desvela nuevos horizontes para el arte contemporáneo al poner en jaque paradigmas sobre la producción y autoría de la obra de arte en plena emergencia de la...
by Pablo | Jun 7, 2009 | Art Texts, Blogt
by Caroline Rossiter The strength lies in surrendering: Gonzalez-Trejo’s Defacing reveals an artist’s capacity to submit his work to the hand of others. Following the production of a series of portrait drawings, rendered on a large scale in charcoal, gallery visitors...
by Pablo | Jun 2, 2009 | Art Texts, Artists, Blogt
In an article about Giò Marconi fabulous gallery space and artists, I read these lines on Stefano Arienti defacing a portrait of Marilyn Monroe with a eraser, it facinated me and I had to share it: “A magnificent Marilyn poster is violated by Stefano Arienti’s...
by Pablo | May 9, 2009 | Art Texts, Artists, Blogt
Pierre Bismuth does some defacing too: “For his ongoing series, Following the right hand, Pierre Bismuth does just that. He projects a feature film onto a sheet of Plexiglas and painstakingly follows the movements of the lead actress’ right hand with a black...
